KS is a “closed primary” state and one must have already registered to vote, weeks before deciding to vote and declare your party preference. If you have none, you may vote in the general election as our ballots are printed with one party only and not open to selecting a D for one candidate, R for another and I or other for a third!
I don’t know what Ronnie Metzker was smoking to have determined to count all those “unaffiliated” ballots but his decision will be challenged, I can assure you, speaking as one of Johnson County’s many GOP voters!
WV has a closed primary, but an unaffiliated voter is allowed to choose either a D or R or “nonpartisan” ballot. The nonpartisan ballot contains referendum, school board, and judicial races. You can’t mix and match. I understood that this choice is available in KS. I think it sucks.